Obiageli ‘Oby’ Ezekwesili, A former Minister of Education has revealed that serving Nigeria cost her family and herself hardship.
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Ezekwesili who served as Federal Minister of Solid Minerals from June 2005 – June 2006 and later as Federal Minister of Education from June 2006 – April 2007 made the disclosure in a series of tweets to her 1.2 million Twitter followers on Monday.
The revelation comes barely two weeks after her former protégé, Japheth Omojuwa, said in an open letter that Ezekwesili was expected to be appointed a minister by the new regime of the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), in 2015.
Ezekwesili who was a two-time minister revealed that there nothing fascinating in being a minister, adding that she vowed never to accept a ministerial appointment in Nigeria again after serving under former President Olusegun Obasanjo between 2005 and 2007.
The former Co-Convener of the Bring Back Our Girls Group who has been an open critic of the President Major General Muhammadu Buhari was accused by pro-Buhari supporters of attacking the president for snubbing her while making ministerial appointments.
“I keep asking what is it about becoming a minister that these folks find so fascinating, considering the hardship my previous service to Nigeria including as a minister, cost my family and me?
“Finally, I got it. Such an attack is by all those who see public office as a meal. After 2007, I made a decision to never again accept any ministerial appointment in this country.
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“Facts are all around that every time I was offered to be a minister since 2007, I swiftly turned down the offer. I know it kills some of you to accept this but it is what it is.”
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